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Stop Blaming Pakistan for Kashmir unrest: Mani Shankar Aiyar...
( India )
New Delhi:Diplomat turned politician and senior Indian National Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar Friday advised India to stop blaming Pakistan for Kashmir unrest and start an unconditional parallel dialogue with both Pakistan and separatist leadership of Kashmir. In an exclusive chat with Kashmir based news agency CNS,Aiyar said that it would not solve the problem for India instead it will get aggravated if India continues to keep on blaming Pakistan for Kashmir crisis. “There is an urgent need...
We broke our promises made to Kashmiris:P.Chidambaram...
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New Delhi:Senior Congress leader and former Home Minister P.Chidambaram has said the genesis of the current Kashmir unrest lies in “broken promises and broken faith”, and that both the state and central governments were mishandling the present situation. “I think the approach (towards Kashmir issue) was wrong. We ignored the grand bargain under which Jammu and Kashmir acceded to India. I think we broke our promises, we broke the faith of the people of Kashmir, and we paid the price...
Massive fire in Paravur temple at Kollam in Kerala,110 dead ...
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KOCHI:In one of the worst accidents of its kind in the state, 110 people were killed and nearly 500 injured in a huge explosion in a temple complex, near Kollam on Sunday morning. The explosion happened when sparks from the firework display organised by the temple landed on the building where the fire crackers where stored. The accident, which occured around 3 am at at the Puttingal Devi Temple Complex at Paravoor destroyed the store house and damaged the temple and nearby houses. Police have registered...
Iran to consider setting up of Sikh Persian school in Pubja...
( India )
Amritsar:Representative of Supreme Leader Of Islamic Revolution Grand Ayatollah Syed Ali Khamanei,Hojatul Islam Wal Muslimeen Haaj Aqa Mahdi Mehdavipor has assured to take up the demand of setting up of a Sikh-Persian school in Punjab with the Iranian Government. He visited the campus of Naad Pragas, a society being run by PhD scholars, where Persian language is being taught for the past decade. He stressed on the promotion of Persian language to revive the ancient relations between Indian and Persian...
Hezbollah and Hamas represents entire Muslim Ummah and fight...
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New Delhi:The International Muslim Unity Council (IMUC) Chairman Maulana Taqi Raza in a statement here said that the resistance duo of Hamas in Palestine and Hezbollah in Lebanon are at the forefront of taking on the oppressive forces of Israel and the allies of the Zionist entity. He further added that these two resistance groups represent the entire Muslim nation and their victory or defeat is tantamount to the victory or defeat of Islam and Muslims. “All the Muslim dominated countries like Saudi...
15 Things PM Modi Said at the World Sufi Conference!...
( India )
Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended this year’s edition of the World Sufi Forum on Thursday (17th March 2016) in New Delhi and proceeded to speak about India and sufism in a very well-written speech which was delivered in trademark Modi-Style. The speech touched many important points like India’s diversity, Islam in India, war on terror, not waging war on Islam, rise and spread of Sufism and as always random anecdotes from people who are left rolling in their graves later. In fact,...
Terrorism in name of faith is act of high treason:Alama Dr.T...
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New Delhi:Powerful Pakistani Cleric & Patron of Tehreek Minhaj-ul-Quran Sheikh Dr.Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri has said that use of religion to drive terrorism should be considered an act of “high treason”, and India and Pakistan must act tough to check radicalisation and spread of extremism. While speaking over Grand Sufi Conference at Ramlila Ground Sheikh Dr.Tahir-ul-Qadri said India and Pakistan should introduce counter-radicalisation curriculum in schools, colleges, universities,...
Ahead of PM Narendar Modi’s visit to Israel, India lin...
( India )
New Delhi: Ahead of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first visit to Tel Aviv later this year, the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) has begun to clear a slew of defence deals with Israel. The deals, some of which have been pending for long, are together worth well over $3 billion. Defence ministry sources on Tuesday said while the deals for Spice-2000 bombs and laser-designation pods have already been cleared by the CCS, the ones for acquisition of two more Phalcon AWACS...
I am a great admirer of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH):Ram Jethmala...
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New Delhi, Feb 19: Veteran legalist and former Union Law Minister Ram Jethmalani has thrown his weight behind the demand for minority status to Aligarh Muslim University. While supporting the demand, he appreciated the idea of education in Islam and confessed that he is a great admirer of Prophet of Islam for the same reason. “I make no secret of the fact that I am a Hindu. I was born a Hindu. But I am a great admirer of Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, the founder of this great chain of institution –...
Entire Indian leadership committed to Palestinian cause: Sus...
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New Delhi:External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Sunday said the entire Indian leadership remains steadfastly committed to the Palestinian cause as Palestine sought India’s participation in the West Asia peace process to help defuse crisis in the region. Swaraj, who is on her first visit to West Asia as the External Affairs Minister, held talks with the top leadership here and reaffirmed India’s consistent support for the Palestinian cause, emphasising that there has been “absolutely...